"Iowa Type" survivor curves

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14:25 Feb 27, 2001

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English term or phrase:"Iowa Type" survivor curves

Actuarial Concepts
A conceptual understanding of the life characteristics of large populations of components is helpful in making maintenance decisions. Mortality (or survivor) curves known as "Iowa Type" survivor curves and their derivatives were developed in the 1930's and revalidated in the 1980's as being representative of physical plant mortality.